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Baltimore, North Philly, Camden, Trenton, Chester, East St. Louis, Hartford Ct., Highland Park, MI and Detroit, MI. I disagree on two towns mentioned in this thread; Gary is more desolate suburban, and Cairo is just dead, not ghetto. I have been to all of these, btw.
Baltimore, North Philly, Camden, Trenton, Chester, East St. Louis, Hartford Ct., Highland Park, MI and Detroit, MI. I disagree on two towns mentioned in this thread; Gary is more desolate suburban, and Cairo is just dead, not ghetto. I have been to all of these, btw.
Just based on scale, I don’t see how Hartford can be in the same sentence as Philly. Philadelphia has 1 1/2 million people and a 23% poverty rate. 300,000 poor people. Hartford only has a population of 122,000 and around 30,000 poor people. It has some serious $h1t hole sections but the scale is totally different. When you throw in Camden across the river, it’s at least 10x more ghetto.
Of the decaying New England cities, I think Springfield MA edges out Hartford because it has a bigger population and a far weaker economy. It’s still a much different scale from a Philly or Baltimore ghetto.
I can't think of anything worse than the Vegas sewer community. Underground and hidden from view, it's easily ignored, but being too poor to leave Vegas can end badly.
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